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Job 8

Common English Bible CEB

1 Bildad from Shuah responded:

2 How long will you mouth such things such that your utterances become a strong wind?

3 Does God pervert justice, or does the Almighty distort what is right?

4 If your children sinned against him, then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.

5 If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty.

6 If you are pure and do the right thing, then surely he will become active on your behalf and reward your innocent dwelling.

7 Although your former state was ordinary, your future will be extraordinary.

8 Ask a previous generation and verify the findings of your ancestors,

9 for we are only recently here and don't know because our days on earth are a shadow.

10 Won't they instruct you and tell you; will words not proceed from their hearts?

11 Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? Does a reed flourish without water?

12 While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass.

13 So are the paths of all who forget God. Hope perishes for the godless,

14 whose confidence is a fragile thing, their trust, a spider's web.

15 He leans on its web, and it doesn't stand; grasps it, and it can't remain in place.

16 It's like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.

17 Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks, for it sees a home among stones.

18 If it's uprooted from its place, it lies, saying, "I can't see you."

19 Surely its way is a joy, for from the dust other plants sprout.

20 Surely God won't reject integrity, won't strengthen the hand of the wicked.

21 He will still fill your mouth with joy, your lips with a victorious shout.

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will vanish.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

4 If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

5 If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,

6 if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.

7 And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.

8 “For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.

9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

10 Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?

12 While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.

13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.

14 His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.

15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

16 He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.

17 His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.

18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you. ’

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring.

20 “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more. ”